Презентация, доклад к внеклассному мероприятию на тему Halloween на английском языке.

primarily in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It has roots in the

Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is today largely a secular celebration.

the Otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through

were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks.
Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm.

were doused and each home lit their hearth from the bonfire.
Another common practice was divination, which often involved the use of food and drink.

represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.

carved with faces, and placed in windows to ward off evil spirits
The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America where pumpkins are both readily available and much larger – making them easier to carve than turnips.

or comical face and place it on their doorstep after dark.
Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, the occult, magic, or mythical monsters.

bats, spiders, and black cats.Black and orange are the traditional Halloween colors and represent the darkness of night and the color of bonfires, autumn leaves, and jack-o'-lanterns.

in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?“
The word "trick" refers to a (mostly idle) "threat" to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.

witches, and devils. Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.

Halloween costumes are traditionally modeled after monsters such as ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.

float in a tub or a large basin of water and the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. A variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity that inevitably leads to a very sticky face.

traditional Scottish form of divining one's future spouse is to carve an apple in one long strip, then toss the peel over one's shoulder. The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouse's name.

room and gazed into a mirror on Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror. However, if they were destined to die before marriage, a skull would appear.